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Award

The recipient will receive a complementary registration to the annual TESOL convention. A commemorative plaque is presented at the TESOL convention and the recipient’s name is placed on a permanent plaque at the TESOL office. One award is presented each year.

Criteria

The recipient is selected based on evidence of

extraordinary service to a particular TESOL interest section

notable leadership within a particular TESOL interest section

the ability to stimulate professional interchange among TESOL interest section members

the ability to foster and mentor professional development among TESOL members through TESOL interest section involvement

the ability to communicate interest section concerns to the larger TESOL membership

How to Apply

To Nominate a Colleague

describe the candidate in terms of the criteria listed above, providing examples of the nominee’s strengths in these areas

list chronologically the nominee’s service to a TESOL Interest Section

To Nominate Yourself

Candidate Information
Please provide your

full name

institution (place of work)

email address

phone number

Letter of Support
The letter of support should

come from another TESOL member who can comment on your strengths in terms of the criteria above and list chronologically your service to a TESOL Interest Section

You will be asked to provide a contact email address for the person(s) writing the letter(s) of support. They will receive a message from awards@tesol.org at the address you provide inviting them to upload their letter directly to the application system. Please ask the letter writer to watch for a message from awards@tesol.org. To ensure that the letter writer receives the message, please ask the writer to add ​awards@tesol.org to his/her contacts or spam whitelist.

If the writer does not receive the message, please contact TESOL Awards.

Nomination Deadline

Applications and/or nominations are being accepted starting 1 July. All applications must be submitted by the deadline of 1 November.

2018 Recipient: ​Ana Wu

Ana Wu, an ESL instructor at City College of San Francisco, is a former webmanager and chair of the NNEST IS. Being an immigrant and grad student in the USA, she says, “I’ve always believed in committee participation and building communities. When are you going to join an interest section?”